{"id":56071,"date":"2017-04-26T07:30:41","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T14:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/15-books-to-browse-ahead-of-ted2017"},"modified":"2017-04-26T07:30:41","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T14:30:41","slug":"15-books-to-browse-ahead-of-ted2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/15-books-to-browse-ahead-of-ted2017","title":{"rendered":"15 books to browse ahead of TED2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/15-books-to-browse-ahead-of-ted2017.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2017 begins on Monday in Vancouver, Canada, and will explore the theme \u201cThe Future You.\u201d If the future you is anything like the future us, you are likely curled up in a big cushy chair right now, devouring the contents of a book that flips your thinking. Below, some reading suggestions from the speaker program. Read, enjoy and stay tuned to the TED Blog for beat-by-beat coverage of the conference.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>TED2017 begins on Monday in Vancouver, Canada, and will explore the theme \u201cThe Future You.\u201d If the future you is anything like the future us, you are likely curled up in a big cushy chair right now, devouring the contents of a book that flips your thinking. Below, some reading suggestions from the <a href=\"https:\/\/ted2017.ted.com\/program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">speaker program<\/a>. Read, enjoy and stay tuned to the TED Blog for beat-by-beat coverage of the conference.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0553418815\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=lifeboatfound-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0553418815&linkId=ead5b223d130b0ad157eada5d5b9506c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy<\/i><\/a> by Cathy O\u2019Neil.<\/strong> The decisions that affect our lives are no longer made by humans \u2014 they\u2019re made by algorithms. This might sound like a great way around bias and discrimination, but these things are often built right into our mathematical models. When it comes to college admissions, decisions on parole, applications to jobs and the affects of a bad credit score, O\u2019Neil explores the unintended consequences of algorithms. (<a href=\"http:\/\/ideas.ted.com\/justice-in-the-age-of-big-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read an excerpt<\/a>.) <\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1455587974?ie=UTF8&tag=lifeboatfound-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Telomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer<\/a> <\/em>by Elizabeth Blackburn and Elissa Epel<\/strong>. Molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for her discovery of telomeres, the ends of chromosomes that \u2014 like shoelace tips \u2014 keep our genetic information from fraying. Both telomeres and telomerase, an enzyme that restores worn-down telomeres, appear central to the aging process. This book looks at the research \u2014 then turns its attention to how our thoughts, bodies and social worlds affect us on the cellular level.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/15-books-to-browse-ahead-of-ted2017\/\">http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/15-books-to-browse-ahead-of-ted2017\/<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2017 begins on Monday in Vancouver, Canada, and will explore the theme \u201cThe Future You.\u201d If the future you is anything like the future us, you are likely curled up in a big cushy chair right now, devouring the contents of a book that flips your thinking. Below, some reading suggestions from the speaker program. 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